Exam 17: Adjustment Disorders and Life-Cycle Transitions

Theories on stages of adult psychosocial development are useful, but must be considered with caution. Explain why.

What are legal documents that direct health care professionals not to perform certain procedures in order to keep a terminally ill or severely disabled patient alive.

According to Daniel Levinson's social model of adult development, the "midlife crisis" involves

Researchers have just begun to study the phenomenon of remembering and recounting experiences from the distant past. In the elderly this is called __________ .

The multidisciplinary study of aging is known as

Erik Erikson suggested that young people need a period of time that involves uncertainty about themselves and their futures which he labeled a(n) __________ .

Which of the following is most accurate as to the rate of affective disorders in younger vs. older Americans?

After reviewing the literature on the model of bereavement proposed by Kubler-Ross, what would researchers conclude about the validity of the model?

What conclusion was drawn by the authors about the case of Mrs. J, who had great difficulty accepting her loss? He husband had died in a nursing home that Mrs. J. believed to be inadequate. She was referred because of her anger over this and her inability to stop thinking about it.

Psychologists are not so much interested in the content of family struggles as the process. They have focused their attention on what types of struggles?

Which of the following characterizes Erik Erikson's conceptualization of human development?

Adult development is characterized by

What question seems to summarize the conflict of adolescence as viewed by Erik Erikson?

Compared to more traditional unions, what has research shown concerning marriages in which both spouses are androgynous?

If you are experiencing significant psychological symptoms in response to stress, but those symptoms aren't severe enough to warrant a diagnosis as a mental disorder, the DSM-IV-TR has a classification for you under what type of disorders? __________ .

Researchers responsible for the study of the genetic factors on divorce have been invited to share their research at a conference that you are attending. As you listen to their studies it is very important to remember that

Family transitions are major changes in family life and family relationships that typically involve

The proportion of the population of the United States age 65 and older should peak in what year?

Marital conflict and distress tend to be associated with an increased risk for the development of which disorder among women?

____________ is the cessation of menstruation in women.